The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-15
ALLISON ON TARIFF.
VIEWS oNrnEsunrLus QUESTION.
Republicans Ought Not TO I,lindiy Follow
mr. Randnll-A Party Policy, Must In.
cluds Either Free Sugar or Total Ab.
olltion OF Internal Revenue Taxes,

PnILADELrnIA, Jan. 14.-A Washingto.
correspondent Of the Press telegraphs o.
followa: U. .s SAX a,.I'u.... .,
There are few men In the Senate who
exert more influence In matters appertain
Ing 10 finance that Senator Allison, Of
Iowa. He Ia regarded as man Of clea,
Judgment In busncss affairs, and his adD
vice Is alwas sought after and relied on by
hia colleagues. Mr.. Allison Is one OF the
workers Of the Senate, and Is rarely OF
ever absent at committee meetings. lie
lives In comfortable house on Vermont
avenue and keeps carriage which Is gen.
orally ready for him at what Is regarded
In Washington an early hour in tho morn.
ing.. The senior Senator from Iowa IL one
oil the handsomest mon OF the Senate. a..
He is trifls above medium height, a
we'll shaped head and broad and high fore.
head projecting over largo brown oyup,
His light brown hair and baard ara rapid.
ly growing gray, but the Iowa Senator'S
complexion looks fresher than tha. OF the
younger member Of the Senate. The fea.
ture about Mr.. Allison's attire ia his
COLLAR, which Is fully an inch higher than
that OF any OF his colleagues. He gen.
orally wears an easy.iltting black broad.
cloth suit, with dark cloth gaiters over
bis shoes. Senator Allison has the repu.
tation OF being good deal OF diplomat.
His manner may bo described as dignified
yet afable. He ia In no sense an all.
things.to-all.men kind OF man, vet his
manner is pleasing and hu has law per
Bonal enemies, while ho possesses the
strength Of character necessary to make
many strong friends.
This morning | had compensation with
AIR. Allison on the quostion Of the surplus
revenue. He foels that the Senate will
probably give the country an exprocoion
Of opinion on the subj &C. IN the form OF a
resolution. He Is ready himself to vote
Tor the repeal Of the internal revenue
taIss on tobacco, but thinks the Weat is
not ready Tor the total repeal OF the in
ternal revenue. Senator Allison thinks
the Republicans will make q mistake il
they follow Mr.. Randall blindly in his
scheme to reduce the revenue. Alter all
Mr.. Randall is Dshocrat-and bio at
titude on the tariff has undoubtedly been
more beneficial to the Democratic psrty
than to the Republican party. The West,
ern Republicans feel that sugar is one of
the necessities of life, and would hardly
support scheme OF reduction that did
not contemplate free sugar at least from
countries that did not levy an export
duty. In looking over the field carefully
MIR. Allison has arrivad at the conclusion
that fres lumber, free wool, free iron ore,
free ealt and Tree coal. which the free
traders talk 80 much about, II brought
about, would reduce the revenue less than
slO,OOO,OOO. '
How idle, therefore, is the talk that they
would stop at this. These measures car.
ried, and We have the Introductory leeis.
lation to the deeper and moro dangerous
reductions that would cut into and destroy
our woo!en, our cotton, our metal and
our other important industries.
The repeal OF the internal tax on tob,c-
co, on alcohol for tho arts and manulac.
tures, and on fruit brandies might do ior
temporary measure, but it would no. do
Tor policy on which party could 20 be.
lore the country. The contemplated re-
duction, in the opinion OF Senate. ALI.
son, must include tho total repeal o; tho
internal revenue or the total repeal Of the
customs duties on sugar.
He could not cay which of the two mes.
sures the sentiment OF the Republican
party would crystaise in favor Of, but did
believe that these were the only two
methods that could be digaifed as poll
cles. In reference to the payment OF
bounty t0'gnglr growers he felt that the
argument favoring this courae WIS sound
and would meet the support of the farm
ers OF the Western States. Ho realized
the Importance and diversi6oation Of sor-
shum culture and Of the manufacture OF
glucose; be recognized the rights Of tho
Southern growers of cane eugar and the
possibilities OF the culture of beet root for
sugar. In view Of this be could Hee no
reason why bounty should not be given
In the hope Of founding great and profit
able agricultural industry for the benefit
OF the farmers Of the United States.